mon océan & moi

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Siphonophore  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ostracodes  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)